A49 underbridge, view east, 12 January 1995
A49 underbridge, view east (see all photos of the same view)
The A49 bridge is beginning to take shape. Beyond, a site compound has been established near the future M6 interchange, where bridge foundations are being built.
Structure 4/4a/4c (M6 interchange bridges)
Structure 5 (A49 underbridge)
A49 Wigan Road
M6 motorway
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It was the UK's only single-carriageway motorway, and twenty years ago it ceased to exist. This is the story of the strange fascination it held, and of my place in history.
The forever bottleneck, part 2
The second part of the story, where we learn why exactly the M4 gets narrower on the final approach to Europe’s biggest city.
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Sir James Drake
County Surveyor and Bridgemaster for Lancashire in the 1950s and 60s, Drake was instrumental in the motorway revolution.
